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Summer Learning Field Trip – Organizations Visited
The Summer Learning Field Trip group visited seven different programs provided by six organizations. Boys & Girls Club of Bellevue at Spiritwood Manor, Bellevue KidsQuest Children’s Museum, Bellevue Bellevue YMCA at Benjamin Rush Elementary School, Redmond...
A Summer Field Trip With A Difference
It was a summer field trip with a difference. There were no kids on the bus! Instead, 20 adults went on their first Summer Learning Field Trip to see summer programs offered by a few organizations on the Eastside. Organized by the Summer and Extended Learning...
StriveTogether August Viz of the Month – Kelly Jones
StriveTogether announced their second ‘Viz of the Month’ - Kelly Jones, Data Officer at Eastside Pathways! In their newsletter they shared: StriveTogether is currently celebrating the work of our Network’s Tableau fellows and learning about how the software is...
Attendance Matters!
Why does chronic absence matter for young students? Students who miss more school often have a harder time learning to read. Data* shows that only 65% of chronically absent students in Bellevue are reading proficiently by 3rd grade as compared to 79% for students with...
Beyond Diversity: Courageous Conversations in Bellevue
The Pacific Educational Group (PEG), a consulting firm committed to forging racial equity, believes that an earnest and honest discussion on race and racism is the first step to eliminating racially predictable outcomes of our lives. It has developed Courageous...
Eastside Racial Equity Summit
On June 27, 110 individuals from 40 organizations (see below) gathered together at the Odle Middle School in Bellevue for the first Eastside Racial Equity Summit. Organized by the Bellevue School District (BSD), City of Bellevue, Eastside Pathways, and Leadership...
Community Truancy Board (BSD): Attentive to Attendance
The focus of the 2016 Bill Henningsgaard Fund for Children was funding a program that supports Eastside Pathways’ initiative to increase attendance and/or being in school on time for students of all ages. The recipient – Community Truancy Board (Bellevue School...
All-Partner Meeting (May 25)
The community room at the Crossroads Community Center was buzzing with excited voices. The second All-Partner Meeting of 2017 had gotten off to a great start as Tom Brewer, the MC, from Bellevue Presbyterian Church and a member of the Partner Leadership Committee had...
Bringing Partners Together
At the Eastside Pathways All-Partner Meeting on May 25, 2017, Stephanie Cherrington, Executive Director of Eastside Pathways, shared a Positive Pathways story – the success of the summer melt campaign that has been undertaken by the Career Pathways collaborative....